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RSS FeedIf ever there were a place to celebrate counterculture and off-limits literature, it would be a college library. On Thursday, Sept. 19, such a celebration occurred in USF St. Petersburg’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, where students and professors commemorated Banned Books Week with a panel discussion on censorship and surveillance in modern culture. USFSP professors
On Sept. 27, Bull Horn Media, a podcast that reports on the interests and concerns of USF St. Petersburg students, will launch on iTunes. The podcast will be the first broadcasted medium on campus in more than three years. USFSP was formerly home to the “Bull Horn Web Radio Club,” a now defunct group that
This spring, sophomore Jeremy Berger may be bringing baseball to USF St. Petersburg. Berger is in the process of adding USFSP to the list of schools involved in the National Club Baseball Association across the state. The NCBA is a program that governs baseball clubs throughout colleges across the country. Separate from the NCCA and
Before St. Petersburg was officially recognized as a city in 1892, it had a pier. The Orange Belt Railway Pier, built three years prior, served as a sight seeing spot for train travelers and housed a recreational resort. It served as St. Petersburg’s first attraction, laying the groundwork for the city’s tourism-fueled economy that persists
Though smoking was banned on campus in Jan. 2012, not all tobacco smokers acknowledge the rule. Cigarette butts continue to dot USF St. Petersburg property, their owners not far gone. On Sunday, Sept. 8, after hearing a request from a student, Student Government Sen. Sophia Constantine made a post in the USFSP The Know It
Some fish from the St. Petersburg Pier aquarium were slowly introduced to their new home in the University Student Center this summer. While most are adapting well to USF St. Petersburg’s $37,000 fish tank, others couldn’t handle the change. According to aquarist Zach Ostroff, who is the tank’s main caretaker, a few “smaller specimens” were
The outdoor classrooms of schools in Midtown make up three quarters of an acre of farmland. The Edible Peace Patch Project’s Schoolyard Program, consisting of four gardens, has brought urban agriculture to local elementary, middle and high schools since 2009. Led by founder Kip Curtis, the Edible Peace Patch Project started as a three-week event
St. Petersburg mayoral candidates Bill Foster and Rick Kriseman debated over business community support on Wednesday, Sept. 11 in the University Student Center. The event started with a one-hour meet and greet in the upper lobby of the USC. Questions were posed by a panel of five individuals and audience members, comprised of USFSP Student
Students involved in campus organizations can now use Student Government money to fund personal travel. Student Body President Mark Lombardi-Nelson signed Bill F13-001 into law last week after SG senators at the Sept. 4 general assembly voted unanimously in its favor. The bill, written by Sen. Jozef Gherman, will allow students to partner with USF
Dotting windowsills, kitchen counters and desks, six-legged little beasts have moved into Residence Hall One and the Student Life Center. According to USF St. Petersburg Student Services, multiple students have filed work orders to eliminate ant infestations in the last few weeks. Sophomore and RHO resident Tessa Owens found ants crawling from the top of
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